As a conservative giving thanks for freedom this Thanksgiving (with liberals elsewhere giving more thanks for security/equality, perhaps?), I began to wonder what Signal readers would predict for the world 100, 500, or 1,000 years hence.

The recent column by Diana West ("Islam comes to the national cathedral," Nov. 20) and the letter to the editor by Gordon Katz ("At war with the world," Nov. 26) are prime examples of people trying to find simple solutions to complex issues.

I just read Charlie Vignola's column (Charlie Vignola: Bridging the gap on immigration, 820 words of cheerleading for Obama's illegal and unconstitutional seizure of power from Congress to make laws, and his refusal to follow his constitutionally defined duty under Article 2 that "the laws be faithfully executed" by refusing to enforce current immigration law, a big problem as noted even by noted (liberal) legal scholar Professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington University Law School (http://www.newsmax.com/US/executive-orders-amnesty-constitution/2014/11/14/id/607521/).

Regarding the article "Hart soaks up savings" published Nov. 20 in The Signal: How wonderful it is that the Hart school district has saved over a million dollars of taxpayer money by installing solar panels.

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I must say that Gary Horton's op-ed in the Feb. 18 issue of The Signal ("Hugs, not hate, to relate") was an outstanding lesson in how not to write an op-ed piece and is an outstanding illustration of what is wrong with the dialog in America these days.

I can't imagine myself, a diehard Republican, thanking a Democratic governor, or any Democrat, for anything, but I am thanking our governor, Jerry Brown, for denying parole to "former" Mexican Mafia leader Rene "Boxer" Enriquez, a twice-convicted murderer amongst his many other and numerous violent crimes and convictions.

I'm still smiling about the Throwback Thursday (Feb. 12) piece regarding SINA accusing our community of demoralizing our four-legged animals by not having them wear proper clothing in order to maintain a certain amount of modesty.

With the second snow survey of the Sierra snowpack at 25 percent of the historical average, the likelihood of a fourth year of drought for California, and talk about possible water rationing, I think it's time we look at attaining our current goal of a 20 percent reduction by all residents of the Santa Clarita Valley, both private and public.

On Jan. 11, The Signal published an opinion column by Cher Gilmore ("The best fix for farmers' water problems") in which she advocated raising a bunch of new taxes - under the guise of various "fees," of course - to allegedly address the state's water shortfall problem that is supposedly due to "climate change."

Just having seen the news story about President Obama's denial of Jordan's request for military and humanitarian aid and the administration's refusal of basic military aid (e.g., ammunition, helmets, night vision goggles, body armor) to our brave

A former state assemblyman recently wrote that he voted against Assembly Bill 109 when it was presented to the Legislature in 2011. Unfortunately, the assemblyman seems to misunderstand what AB 109 did.

February 11, 2015|
Jeffrey Callison
Press secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Sacramento
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